Project Overview
Overall, I feel as if the project as a whole was very
successful and I have completed it feeling proud about the three main products
that I have created; however I do wish I managed my time more carefully and was
more organised as a lost a section of time due to commitments in other
subjects.
The A2 course, in my opinion, has been much more interesting
and challenging to complete compared to the AS course; particularly, in terms
of the genre I have chosen. I initially begun the course researching the indie
genre however in the initial stages I took the decision to change to the Pop
genre; this is because, I had studied the indie genre in AS therefore I
initially chose this genre as I had a lot more knowledge on it, but then I
decided that I wanted to challenge myself and choose a genre that I had never
looked into before hence my move to the Pop genre.
I felt as if Pop music videos were generally labelled
“cheesy” so I wanted to challenge this preconception that was made and create a
music video that could be enjoyed by almost anyone. I also took the decision to
tie both my magazine advert and digipak into the same theme as my music video
so it was evident that I had this continuous theme.
Throughout this entire project I have learnt a lot about the
music industry and other factors within it and feel as this growing knowledge
was beneficial in the success of my products. In addition, I learnt a lot more
skills in terms of the new pieces of media technology used e.g. I had used the
program Adobe Premiere before, however I only learnt the basic functions of it,
but during this course my skills within this program have greatly improved as I
have gained more knowledge on the features available e.g. altering the levels
of a video, shortcuts to different tools, changing the “curves” of a video to
alter the colour correction etc. In addition, I feel as if I have a greater understanding
on the equipment available to me and overall feel as I could use similar
equipment successfully and professionally in the future.
Also during the project I have understood the importance of
gaining feedback on the products I have created this is evident in some of
the drastic changes in some of my
products which was a combination of myself and feedback from media students, my
media teacher, and people from my target audience. This mixture of feedback has
been very beneficial and enabled me to make some great improvements to my
products.
In conclusion, I have thoroughly enjoyed this project as I
got to experiment with all different types of media from print tasks, to a
production of a music video and finally being involved in the editing process
and as a result I am happy with the overall outcome.
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